When Detective, Cara Stevens sister is killed, Cara has tough decisions ahead. As a Detective, Cara has always followed the law to the letter, but the burning need to avenge her sister’s death plagues her relentlessly. When the killer turns his sights on Cara, she’s ready to stand in the line of fire, if it means catching her sister’s killer, as fool-hearty as it may be. She wants something to fight, to take away her grief, but there’s one person that won’t allow her space to fight back. The one man she couldn’t, and shouldn’t, get involved with.

Police Chief, Luke Devlin, knew that Cara Stevens was the only woman in the world for him. Watching her go through the pain of losing her sister cut Luke to the quick and he felt helpless to do anything. But when she is attacked and the murderer roams to close to home, Luke takes the chance to protect the woman he loves, even from herself.

Can Cara get past her grief to let Luke in? Can they catch a killer before it’s too late?

Jade James is a new author for me, but I enjoyed her work very much. Stalking Cara is a great tale of passion, unrequited feelings with some suspense thrown in to make it even better. From the first page, when the drama unfolds, a reader is captured into the life of Cara and I found myself really connecting and feeling the pain, the anger and the frustration that she exhibits in the story. Ms. James penned a great heroine. While I would have liked a bit more ground-work to Cara and Luke’s feelings for one another, this story was enjoyable and I look forward to reading more stories by this author in the future…especially if there are more heroes like Luke Devlin.

Reviewed by Tracey West for The Road to Romance

September 11, 2005